Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

7 reviews

librarianmage's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Animal death and Genocide

sunn_bleach's review

challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Come for the goofy Fallout-esque premise, stay for the catholic intrigue. Then prepare yourself for seriously considering the parallels of the Fall, mankind’s self-destruction as a cycle, and whether there’s dramatic irony in a church rediscovering conservatism or being a keystone in the world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Child death

carrionkid's review against another edition

5.0

Oh my god. Absolutely fantastic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Gore, Violence, and War

mossybean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Cannibalism

Minor: Cannibalism

abby_reads_books's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, War, Blood, Chronic illness, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

alexalily's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cannibalism, Child death, and Animal death

jenny_d's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed the first two parts of this book. The third part not as much. I really, truly wish that I could erase my memories of works derived from A Canticle for Leibowitz, because its influence on the post-apocalyptic sci-fi genre is very obvious, especially the Fallout games.
I wouldn't recommend this book to everyone. I would recommend the individual parts to different people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Terminal illness, Suicide, and Death

Minor: Antisemitism